Mate guarding of a male isopod after copulation

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Description: English: After copulation, male terrestrial isopod Trachelipus rathkii holds the female tight for a minute in order to hold her from copulating with another male. With this the male attempts to grant his fatherhood of the offsprings.Magyar: Kopuláció után a hím szárazföldi ászkarák (Trachelipus rathkii) szorosan őrzi nőstény partnerét. Ezzel igyekezvén a nőstényt megakadályozni, hogy más hímekkel is párosodjon, ezáltal biztosítván a saját apaságát. Date: 10 May 2014, 15:00. Source: Own work. Author: Ferenc Vilisics. Helsinki, Annala gardens Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.